S. 266

A bill to redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.

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House Calendar No. 56

112th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 266

[Report No. 112–171]

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 18, 2011

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

July 20, 2011

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed


AN ACT

To redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.


1.

Redesignation of the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge

(a)

In general

The Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, located in the State of Mississippi, is redesignated as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.

(b)

Boundary revision

Nothing in this Act prevents the Secretary of the Interior from making adjustments to the boundaries of the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (referred to in this section as the Refuge), as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, to carry out the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and any other applicable authority.

(c)

Addition of land

Nothing in this Act prevents the Secretary of the Interior from adding to the Refuge new land or parcels of the National Wildlife Refuge System, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, to carry out the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and any other applicable authority.

(d)

References

Any reference in any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, publication, map, paper, or other document of the United States to the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge is deemed to refer to the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.

July 20, 2011

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed